“I met him, you know,“ Rey spoke as he took a slug of the cheap beer he was drinking with his Captain as they watched Resh, their newest crewmate unload their latest load of cargo off of the ship. Resh was a big guy, he was an Alligator Gar Fishman and once you got past the threatening look of the guy you’d see he was practically harmless when he was docile. “Heck I even turned down an offer to sail with him, his attempts to convince me with Puppy Dog Eyes was funny but I had other things in mind“
His captain barely paying him any attention, Rey waited for his dear captain to take a deep drink of the beer before he dropped the bomb “How was I supposed to know he’d head to Raftel and become pirate king” Rey stated offhandedly, hiding his smile behind his mug as his captain performed an impressive spit-take.
Resh paid them no attention, Fox said he could have a box of fish if he finished loading in an hour and Resh liked fish. Resh placed a crate down on the ground gently, he Fox told him to place them down gently because they were presents and broken presents make people sad. Resh doesn't want to make people sad, so Resh puts them down gently and makes his way back towards the ship to grab the next crate.
Rey's smile waned under the glare his captain gave him after she finished sputtering, she obviously did not enjoy the sensation of the cheap beer coming out so suddenly. "He had a straw hat back then, like that Monkey Brat but that grin of his was there from day one" Rey continued as if he never paused, taking another slug of his drink "I knew he'd go far but never thought he'd become Pirate King, Roger had nothing but a sack, the clothes on his back and that hat of his."
Resh had finished unloading the cargo, he was about to make his way back to the ship when Resh noticed the strange markings on the side of one of the crates, it was a strange smiling face with a line through it. Had Resh been a smarter Fishman, he’d have recognized it and been worried but Resh was Resh and Resh wanted his box of fish.